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[quesarah]

US Election result maps, with corrections for population density and corrections for counties that split Rep/Dem. It's a bit more encouraging than the one we've been seeing.

ETA: There are rumors floating that Gov. Howard Dean will seek the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. That could be interesting.

Comments

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

What's your opinion of Howard Dean then?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

He could be really interesting and invigorating as the DNC chair. Terry McAuliff (current chair) is really not forward-thinking, is reactionary, and tends to play it safe. Personally, I don't think that's a winning strategy. Dean would bring a real leftist, proactive mindset to the party. The only hitch is, would the rest of the party get behind him? We'll see.

[among-the-waves.livejournal.com]

The Democrats definitely have to come up with some positive unifying strategy ASAP (i.e. our only unifying strategy, "Anyone but Bush" was negative, and it failed). I don't know that it's possible to unite the party into one unifying stragegy. The Republicans basically said "Fuck you" to the moderate ones in their party and ran on a far right platform. I don't know if it's better for the Dems to do that, or to say "Fuck you" to those of us further to the left.

If I end up deciding to study GIS, I could make pretty maps. Ooooo! They might even be shiny if I printed them out and colored them.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't know if we need to say fuck you to the moderate Dems, but I certainly think we as a party need to stand for something and not simply against the GOP. Maybe Dean could act as a lightning rod to catalyze that process.

Ooh, pretty shiny maps!